tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post2771969657554900519..comments2024-02-16T18:32:38.635-05:00Comments on The Back 40K: How The Grave Mind started in 40k; A legacy in the making.Farmpunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622091234212120598noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-65511253045698412042010-05-10T22:36:37.196-04:002010-05-10T22:36:37.196-04:00I'll do one of these, eventually...It's al...I'll do one of these, eventually...It's always nice to read origins stories, even when they aren't by Stan Lee...TheKing Elessarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981821487098781957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-48339340016679157222010-05-10T05:28:26.086-04:002010-05-10T05:28:26.086-04:00Love the paint scheme!Love the paint scheme!Metroshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864365915968935819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-48502182390387798282010-05-09T20:37:15.570-04:002010-05-09T20:37:15.570-04:00I used to play all the strategy games like Risk, A...I used to play all the strategy games like Risk, Axis and Allies, etc when I was a teen. We also played D&D and other role playing games. I saw games with expensive miniatures but could never afford them as we didn't have much money growing up. As I moved to video games and grew up and got married, I met a friend at church who talked about figs. Something popped in my head and I asked to come and see them. I started with Warhammer Fantasy and fell in love with the strategic high of crushing my opponents. See I started with Bretonnian Knights who could crash through almost any army and were very hard to kill with their 2+ armor saves. Fantasy armies started getting updated and made my Knights basically useless with all the changes and special abilities of the updated armies. Games 2d4 opened up and I would go and try to get a fantasy game in but all that was playing was 40k players. I saw a game where an army of all terminators with 2+ saves were deepstriking on the table and was hooked. Just like my knights with 2+ saves there were bad a#$ dudes on the table hard to kill. <br /><br />I purchased 40 out of print terminators and started my 40K run. It took me 1 week to realize all terminators didn't work very well. I bought all the books needed and started with space marines, moved to tyranids, daemonhunters, and now guard. I have 4 basic armies I can play and am loving my guard. It has been a journey.Spaguatyrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459803772469387289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-36403522586548409162010-05-09T15:12:25.517-04:002010-05-09T15:12:25.517-04:00Well if you ever show up with your army then maybe...Well if you ever show up with your army then maybe we will. I should be there this next weekend.TheGraveMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528343430721622307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-80770172568030845282010-05-09T06:36:55.536-04:002010-05-09T06:36:55.536-04:00you know one of these days we are gonna have to ge...you know one of these days we are gonna have to get a game in.Archfiend of Dezdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570996254347477584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-22164152771527317492010-05-09T01:33:00.557-04:002010-05-09T01:33:00.557-04:00For myself it was while stationed in Germany. One ...For myself it was while stationed in Germany. One of my fellow Marines was into collecting and painting WHFB and brought me along with GW while out on liberty. It looked pretty cool so I decided to hunker down and buy a sizable force of what I thought looked coolest, Chaos Terminators. Thankfully Apoc had recently came out so I got three squads and a lord for ninety bucks. I loved it.<br />Now I have a solid Apoc sized army of over 40 terminators and 12 obliterators,with more begging to be build. Also an entire company sized element of marines with mech and seven dreadnaughts. And with every new model I build, the more extensive the conversions become.<br />Its amazing how our humble beginnings have turned into such massive forces, both on the table and in terms of addiction. ;)Schnitzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155166599103912139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519319818452068646.post-62817096048202864832010-05-09T00:01:27.451-04:002010-05-09T00:01:27.451-04:00I went over to my friend's house after science...I went over to my friend's house after science camp (yep, chronic nerd) and saw his Fire Prism. One interweb search later and I saw how cool a Dreadnought was. Fast forward some years and I've got tons models, but I still <3 Dreads.Chumbalayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543857960730597490noreply@blogger.com